Metabolix to Conduct a Webcast of Its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Earnings Call

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX), an innovation-driven bioscience company
delivering sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy
industries, announced today that it will be releasing its fourth quarter
and fiscal year 2012 financial results after the market close on
Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The full text of the earnings release will also
be available on the Company's website at www.metabolix.com.

Richard Eno, the Company's president and chief executive officer, Joseph
Hill, chief financial officer, and Oliver Peoples, co-founder and chief
scientific officer, will host a conference call on the same day at 4:30
p.m. (ET) to discuss the results of the fourth quarter and fiscal year
ended December 31, 2012. The Company will also provide an update on the
business and answer questions from the investment community.

A live webcast of the call with slides can be accessed through the "Investors"
section of the Company's website at www.metabolix.com.
To participate in the call, dial toll-free (877) 709-8155 or (201)
689-8881 (international). Interested parties unable to participate in
the live call may access an archived version of the webcast on the
Company's website. To listen to a telephonic replay of the conference
call, dial toll-free (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 (international)
and enter pass code 410216. The replay will be available beginning at
7:30 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 and will last through 11:59
p.m. (ET) on April 9, 2013. In addition, the webcast will be archived on
the Company's website in the investor relations section.

About Metabolix

Metabolix, Inc. is an innovation-driven bioscience company delivering
sustainable solutions to the plastics, chemicals and energy industries.
Metabolix is developing and commercializing a family of high-performance
biopolymers targeted to the markets for film and bag applications,
performance additives and functional biodegradation. Metabolix's
biobased chemicals platform utilizes its novel "FAST" recovery process
to enable the production of cost-effective, "drop-in" replacements for
petroleum-based industrial chemicals. Metabolix is also developing a
platform for co-producing plastics, chemicals and energy from crops.
Metabolix has established an industry-leading intellectual property
portfolio that, together with its knowledge of advanced industrial
practice, provides a foundation for industry collaborations.